Filing-cabinet.



C. & W. LIEBERT.

FILING CABINET. APPLICATION man JLy 18. 1912.

1,149,999.` Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, CoivsTAN'riN Lia- BERT and lVAGLAw Liniinr, subjects. of the Czar of Russia, and respectively residing at lNarsaw, Russian Poland, and Moscow, Empire of Russia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing-Cabinets, of which the following is a specifica;- tion. l

Our invention relates to a filing cabinet` rotatable about a-horizontal axle and having compartments arranged like' the rim of a wheel.

Many attempts have connecting together a number of filing compartments to form a rotatable wheel-*like body; in particular we lhave heretofore proposed to from devices suitablefor filing files of documents by assembling a number yof compartments in the form of the rim .of a

wheel, the covers of these compartments being provided with ribs or ledges tokeep theV piles of papersiiled in each compartment in By our invention the inner compartments' .can be made accessible owing to the outer compartments forming independent boxes,

l being removable, or` owing to the various arranged boxes-which engage and hold they compartments Vforming drawers being removable either laterally or tangentially. In

each'cas'e not only is the lid of one box pro-v vided in known manner with ribs or ledges to keep the set of records in its upright pos sition and to prevent derangement ofthe records, but in addition ribs orledges of this kind are arranged on theimder'side of the bottoms of the superposed or radially records on an adjacent box, or, when drawers are used on the lower side ofthe top of. the casey containing'them, and on the bot:

toms of the suiiierposed'boxes, whereby the A.sets of records in the lower compartments possible, and yet the vertical position when.

already been made to construct lilingdevices for documents byv Specification of Letters` Patent. 'Pajeted'Ag 10, 1915.

` Application filed July 18, 1912. Serial N0. 710,229. Y:

- iling with the attendantadvantages can be` retained. f

-twof axes at right angles to one another, one

corner ofv each of-lthese compartments'thus being adjacent to the usual axle of theretatable cabinet.;A Variousvr formsof this arrangement arepossible. In particular, sev?`vr eral boxes may be. arranged radially above one anothen'it being possibleto form either the individual compartments as drawers guided in a correspondingly formed case, or VVthe outer compartments on a radius as removable or slidabley boxes, vso thatk they canbe :ta-ken away when access is Vdesired tothe inner compartments. In this case MEN. Carrier.. f

also the foldingY orsliding lids have. ribs or ledges on kthe lowersideawhich lie. upon the setsvof records in their particular cases;

but `leave `the index cards free. In addition,i the bottomsof the cases have ribs or ledges to yprotect the records in the box below against radial displacement.

j Several illustrative embodiments of our` invention are :represented by vway of eX-` in they accompanying drawings,

ample wherein Y Figure l is a front elevation of' one formA of cabinet, lilig.y '2 aside elevation of the wheel-'like body with compartments above one ,another in Arows of rim-like form, and Fig.` 3 a longitudinal section .througha num-` ber ofv compartments thus arranged above oneV another; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a second form of rotatable filing cabinet with drawers arranged vradially above one an-r other, and` Fig. is aside elevation, partly in section, showing fa portion of one of the compartments on a larger scale; Fig.x6 is a sideelevation, partly in section, showing a. third formr ofrotatable ling cabinet hav-2 ing drawers radially above one another and removable from the side'of the cabinet.; Fig.

17 is aside elevation of a large combined cabinet lcontaining a number of rotatable cabinets; Fig. 8 is a cross-section taken on the line -XX in Fig. 2; Fig.'9 is acrosssection taken on the line Y-Y in Fig. 4; Fig.` l() is a side elevation of one embodimentof the Ainvention showing drawers of one compartment in vertical section and par' tially pulled out. Fig. 11 represents a vertical section thereof.

The ltiling cabinet as such has therlrnown'YV on. In the forms shown by way of exam-v ple in Figs. 1-3 and 8, each ofthe cases 1 is closed'by a sliding lid 3, the boxes I, II, III being. so karranged one above another Ain the case that they can be removed one after another (see Fig. 3). Each b'ox is arrangedv to receive the set'of records 10 in a vertical 1 position, for which purpose plates or retainers 7 are used at the ends of each set of records and, by insertiony in suitable V- shaped recesses 8 inthe side wallsycan'be set at different distances from" the front `wall,thus serving to press together the set.

of records 10 in each compartment and pre-L vent them from falling down. Index cards 9,V known in themselves, facilitate a search being made among the lvertically disposedv records. The individual-boxes in each case l are so made that on their being placed one over another, the sliding lids 3, having known ledges or yribs 4 on their lower faces, come abovethe set of records in the upper box a, so that when the cabinet is rotated these records cannot be Vdisplaced. radially, and neither do the index marks become covered up, nor do the records themselves get out of order. At the .same time the` sliding .lid secures all the boxes in one case in their normal relative positions.

The bottoms 6 of the upper and middle boxes I and II also have on their lower sides ribs or ledges 4 'which lie above the `records in the box im-V inediately below, sonthat no displacement of k.it

the records in the lower boxes can occur when the entire cabinet is rotated. The grip 13 is for sliding the lid 3. In consequence of this construction the cabinet has a considerably greater capacity because the'interior space is better utilized; .f The middle and lowerboxes II and III can easily be renderedv accessible after removing one of the lids by taking out the upper or middle box and then making the desired search in the middle or lower box. The ledges or ribs .4 on the lower .face ofthe lid 3 or the bottom 6 are so formed that they` do not damage or turn Vdown .the-index cards standing above the records. *f

In the embodiment of our invention illustrated by wayV of' example in Figs. 4 6 and 9, the upper and middle boxes are not liftv ed out as in Figs. 1..-8, but formed as drawers. .In Figs. 4, 5 and 9 this is effected by making the case 1 nearly tangential to the wheel-like body, so that the front of eachV According to our case rises from the rear edge of the neighboring one. lIn this case also two or more record boxes, I, II, III and so on, lie. one above another and, as seen in Figs. 5 and 9, are arranged similar to those in Figs. 13 already described in detail. To keep the records in place in each box both the top of the case and the bottoms of each of the covering boxes have on their lower sides ribs or `ledges 4 which prevent radial displacement of the records immediately below them. In Figs. 4 and 5 the various boxes are arranged tangentially and can therefore be made individually accessible for ling or searching the records without having prethen required.

The embodiment of our invention illustrated in` Fig. 6, wherein two or more indexing boxes I, II, III are disposed radially above oneanother, differs from that shown in Figs. 4, 5 inthat the boxes constitute drawerswhichr can be drawn out, not tangentially, butsidewise from the Vwheel-like body. In other respects the form of drawer is similar to those already. described, theA cover of the case and bottoms ofthe drawers being provided with ledges or ribs 4 on their undersides to retain in place the records vin the boxes immediately below them.l

By means of the above described device a combination cabinet can be arranged as shown -in Fig. 7 whenit is desired to econoinize space as much as possible. The horizontal shaft 15 journaled in the floor-frames 14 here carries a frame 16 ycomprising rings in which are mounted a number of horizontal shafts 17, on which a number of indexing cabinets A, B, C, D and so forth are individually and collectively rotatable. In this way not only is the entire apparatus rotatable about the horizontal shaft l5, but

eachindividual cabinet is rotatable about its VI cover the inner boxes II. The outerboxes maybe closed by a lixed top e of the case or hinged lid c both provided. with ribs d to engage separating plates and index cards of said outer boxes. These outer boxes I are vprovided on their bottoms with ribs al which engage the index cards and separating plates of the inner boxes II. The inner boxes II' are rendered* accessible by withdrawal of the outer boxes I.

-viously to manipulate any of the boxes not n ist lt will be thus understood that in anf'inj at disposal is completely utilized, while it is possible to file the records in thev vertical position.

In all the forms shown it is preferable to provide the wheel-like body or the rotatable `shaft with a brake which, when the weight is unevenly distributed owing to the records not being symmetrically arranged, allows Vthe cabinet to be turned at will, but firmly holds it in any desired position.

The described apparatus, on the one hand, has a remarkably great capacity owing not only to the boxes being arranged radiallyrone over another, but also to the records being filed vertically .in every case, and, on the other hand, all its parts are so clearly arranged that as compared with known devices the filing process is both considerably improved and expedited.

We claim n l. A rotary file cabinet comprising a supporting frame, a horizontal shaft, a plurality of groups of filing compartments symmetrically arranged around said shafts, each group being composed of separate superposed record boxes, and means on one rec- Vord box for holding the sets of records in an adjacent record box ink position.

2. A rotary file cabinet comprising a supporting frame, a horizontal shaft, a plurality of groups of filing compartments symmetrically arranged around said shaft, each group being composed of separate radially disposed superposed record boxes, and means on one record box for holding the sets of records in an adjacent record box in position.

- In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ooNsTANTiN LIEBRT. wAoLAw HEBERT.

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KARoL SAozEwnK, FRANCIS TREMBICK. f

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